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Today CapX will be reporting from The Centre for Policy Studies Margaret Thatcher Conference on Security. Throughout the day we will be publishing round ups of some of the speeches and discussions as well as articles by a selection of the event’s participants.
We will also be tweeting from the event. Follow @CapX, @CPSThinkTank, @RColvile, @OllyWiseman and the event’s hashtag, #MTSecurity17 for the latest updates from the Guildhall.

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